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University officials said they'll make available fewer than 100 seats for the lecture, which, according to the Interim Dean for the College of Liberal Arts, was never intended for the general public.

Ayers, a Distinguished Professor of Education at the University of Chicago, plans to give on the inequalities facing urban schools.

"Because Ayers is speaking about education, we are giving priority to faculty in education, graduate students and those in the child development program," said Irwin Weiser.

Ayers was a co-founder of the Weather Underground, a radical anti-war group that claimed responsibility for a series of bombings, including explosions at the Pentagon and U.S. Capitol that didn't kill anyone.